Lamentations 3:46

Lamentations 3:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
• New International Version (NIV)“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"All our enemies open their mouths against us;
• New King James Version (NKJV)All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

Context of Lamentations 3:46

44You have veiled Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. 45You have made us mere refuse and rubbish In the midst of the peoples. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, Devastation and destruction; 48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:46 word by word

פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• our enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• openedפָּצָהpâtsâh · to openH6475
• their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:46

• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have engulfed her! This certainly is the day which we awaited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
• Exodus 11:7But not even a dog will threaten any of the sons of Israel, nor anything from person to animal, so that you may learn how the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.’
• Job 30:9“And now I have become their taunt, And I have become a byword to them.
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a person, A disgrace of mankind and despised by the people.
• Psalms 44:13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, Of scoffing and ridicule to those around us.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace before our neighbors, An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
• Matthew 27:38At that time two rebels were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:46

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4846-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings